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Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris - Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
Masha Belenky
Engine of Modernity: The Omnibus and Urban Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris - Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century
Masha Belenky
Engine of modernity examines the connection between public transportation and popular culture in nineteenth-century Paris through a focus on the omnibus - a horse-drawn urban conveyance. The book introduces the omnibus as a key vector for understanding the intersection of urban and literary modernity in France. -- .
200 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 28, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781526160218 |
Publishers | Manchester University Press |
Pages | 200 |
Dimensions | 234 × 155 × 20 mm · 390 g |